The government’s ineptitude has raised the question of whether the country will be able to successfully migrate from analogue to digital tv.
Communications Minister Roy Padayachie has said all broadcasters should contribute to the funding of the country’s digital TV migration.
Sentech is ignoring previous failings and will once again play in the wireless broadband space at the taxpayer’s expense.
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/ 12 February 2010
The beleaguered parastatal is expected to post a loss for the 2009/10 financial year of between R123-million and R214-million.
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri’s life in struggle and later in government were vastly different.
The minister of communications says three separate reports will guide the government on what should be done about the financial distress of the SABC.
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/ 19 September 2008
The communications minister will appeal against a court ruling permitting value-added network services to build their own telecommunications networks.
When it comes to 2010, government leaders are eternal optimists. Do they just have their heads in the sand?
The SABC welcomed an appeal by a Johannesburg High Court judge on Tuesday for its chief executive Dali Mpofu and the board to resolve their dispute.
Is it fair to say the SABC has fallen apart because the centre cannot hold, to quote WB Yeats?
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/ 17 October 2007
Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the state-owned telecommunications giant Telkom has lost R350-million over three years through fraud. She said that Telkom has also experienced significant theft of cables, solar panels and wireless communications equipment.
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